{"654944":{"#nid":"654944","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"COVID-19 tests and biotin | What you need to know","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent social media posts raise concerns that taking too much biotin\u0026nbsp;could lead to a false negative on a Covid-19\u0026nbsp;test. Biotin,\u0026nbsp;or vitamin B7, is found naturally in some foods, yet there are also supplements available marketed for hair, skin and nail growth, which have recently become popular. But according to the FDA, some dietary supplements contain biotin levels up to 650 times the recommended daily amount.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Probably, this requires a really high level of ingesting biotin to be a problem,\u0026quot; explained\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/finn\/m.g.\u0022\u003EM.G. Finn\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor and Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;James A. Carlos Family Chair for Pediatric Technology. \u0026quot;So a normal multivitamin won\u0026#39;t have anywhere near that amount of that supplement in it so you don\u0026#39;t have to worry there.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-01-28 18:59:46","changed_gmt":"2022-01-28 18:59:46","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/covid-19-tests-biotin-vitamin-b\/85-163618d7-19f0-4568-b321-4f2805d5ba7e","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"96831","name":"M.G. Finn"},{"id":"189077","name":"Covid-19 tests"},{"id":"189828","name":"biotin"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}